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Calgary Flames @ Washington Capitals - 5pm MT
| Broadcast Schedule | |||
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| TV | Sportsnet West | CSN - DC | |
| Radio | Sportsnet960 The Fan | ||
| Get the lowdown on the opposition at Japers' Rink | |||
Something something defeat, something something close game. something something poor defence. Yay.
To the capital of freedom, as the Flames try to stop Alex Ovechkin breaking Sergei Federov's record for the highest scoring Russian. All those things that the Flames supposedly need to succeed (hi, mainstream media) are summed up in the following video.
Welcome to Russian metal. You will find yourself singing this for the next three hours, and you're welcome.
| Season leaders | |||||
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| Calgary Flames | Washington Capitals | ||||
| Record | |||||
| 11 | Points | 22 | |||
| 29th 14th (W) 7th (P) |
Overall Conference Division |
5th 3rd (E) 2nd (M) |
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| 5-11-1 3-6-1 |
Record Last 10 |
11-4-0 7-3-0 |
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42-35-13 0-1-0 |
Ov. Vs Sea. Vs |
35-42-13 1-0-0 |
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| -25 2.41 3.88 |
GD GFA GAA |
+14 3.2 2.26 |
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| Time On Ice/Game | |||||
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T.J. Brodie (24:26) Sean Monahan (20:09) |
Defence Offence |
Victor Hedman (21:39) Steven Stamkos (18:51) |
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| Key Stats | |||||
| David Jones (5) | Goals | Alex Ovechkin (8) | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau (13) | Assists | Evgeny Kuznetsov (12) | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau (17) |
Points | Evgeny Kuznetsov (17) | |||
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Brandon Bollig (35) |
PIM | Brooks Orpik (18) | |||
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Michael Frolik (48) Sam Bennett (20) |
SOG Shot % |
Alex Ovechkin (79) Nicklas Backstrom (26.1) |
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Derek Grant (60.3) |
FO% |
Michael Latta (60.5) |
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| Special Teams | |||||
| 17.39 8 |
PP% PPG |
23.4 11 |
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| Sam Bennett (2) | PPG Leader | Three Skaters (2) | |||
|
74 13 |
PK% PKG |
84.09 7 |
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| 0 | SHGF | 1 | |||
| 5v5 Corsi (min. 10mins per game played) | |||||
| T.J. Brodie (55.22) Mikael Backlund (53.23) |
D F |
Dmitry Orlov (57.43) Nicklas Backstrom (61.07) |
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| 5v5 Fenwick (min. 10mins per game played) | |||||
| T.J. Brodie (57.66) Mikael Backlund (54.83) |
D F |
Matt Niskanen (56.98) Nicklas Backstrom (61.76) |
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| Save percentage | |||||
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Jonas Hiller (86.14) Joni Ortio (86.84) Karri Ramo (88.76) |
All |
Braden Holtby (91.93) Philipp Grubbauer (90.00) |
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| Jonas Hiller (86.47) Joni Ortio (88.71) Karri Ramo (89.55) |
EvS 5 on 5 | Braden Holtby (92.43) Philipp Grubbauer (88.89) |
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| Data courtesy of nhl.com and war-on-ice.com | |||||
One key stat to note there is Alex Ovechkin's 79 shots. 15 of those came in one game. The guy is desperate to break that scoring record. The Flames can use that.
ICYMI
Calgary Flames 1-3 Tampa Bay Lightning
C'est la vie.
Projected lines
- Karri Ramo starts again.
- Deryk Engelland returns to the lineup, as does Brandon Bollig. Engelland replaces Smid, Bollig replaces Josh Jooris.
| Calgary Flames | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau | Sean Monahan | Jiri Hudler | |||
| Sam Bennett | Mikael Backlund | Michael Frolik | |||
| Joe Colborne | Matt Stajan | David Jones | |||
| Micheal Ferland | Derek Grant | Brandon Bollig | |||
| Left Defence | Right Defence | ||||
| Mark Giordano | T.J. Brodie | ||||
| Kris Russell | Dougie Hamilton | ||||
| Deryk Engelland | Dennis Wideman | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Karri Ramo (s) | Joni Ortio | ||||
- Brooks Orpik is day-to-day with a lower body injury. He didn't play last night, and he's probably best labelled as "unlikely".
- Philipp Grubbauer may get the start, due to playing two in two.
| Washington Capitals (c/o dailyfaceoff.com) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Alex Ovechkin | Evgeny Kuznetsov | T.J. Oshie | |||
| Marcus Johanssen | Nicklas Backstrom | Andre Burakovsky | |||
| Jason Chimera | Jay Beagle | Justin Williams | |||
| Brooks Laich | Michael Latta | Tom Wilson | |||
| Left Defence | Right Defence | ||||
| Nate Schmidt | John Carlson | ||||
| Karl Alzner | Matt Niskanen | ||||
| Dmitry Orlov | Taylor Chorney | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Philipp Grubbauer (s) | Braden Holtby | ||||
Milestones
David Jones and Michael Frolik still stuck on 98 goals.
Other games today
The Blue Jackets head to Pittsburgh (5pm), the Red Wings host the Sharks (5:30pm) and the Isles continue their California road trip in Anaheim (8pm)
Join us in the gamethread, where we'll be cossacking.